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Winging It
From: Big Picture Science
Caption: Winging It, Credit: Seth Shostak
We look at the evolution - and the future - of flight. Bats may flit around eccentrically, but they are actually more efficient fliers than birds....

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  • Added: Apr 03, 2017
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 11
Going Viral
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Going Viral, Credit: Seth Shostak
Discover how viruses go from birds to pigs to you, how fossil viruses got into your genome, whether E.T. might be a virus, and what it takes for id...

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  • Added: May 13, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 6
Second that Emotion
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Second that Emotion, Credit: Seth Shostak
Why flies in milk gross you out and other voyages through human emotion.

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  • Added: Apr 09, 2012
  • Length: 54:02
  • Purchases: 2
Bug Off!
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Bug Off!, Credit: Seth Shostak
Humans have been battling viruses and bacteria since the beginning of time; stories from the frontier of epidemiology.

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  • Added: Oct 31, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 3
Seth's Tool Shed
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Seth's Tool Shed, Credit: Seth Shostak
A scheme for finding life on Mars, adopting to climate change, and a new moon of Pluto.

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  • Added: Sep 05, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
Bonobo Handshake -- Groks Science Show 2010-06-23
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Vanessa Woods discussed the Bonobo Handshake.

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  • Added: Jun 23, 2010
  • Length: 22:44
  • Purchases: 2
Global Hothouse -- Groks Science Show 2010-05-26
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Melanie Lenart discussed life in the hothouse.

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  • Added: May 28, 2010
  • Length: 26:14
  • Purchases: 2
Natural Philosophy -- Groks Science Show 2010-04-28
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Marcelo Gleiser discussed a Tear at the Edge of Creation.

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  • Added: Apr 28, 2010
  • Length: 27:31
  • Purchases: 2
Emotional Anatomy -- Groks Science Show 2009-10-25
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Michael Jawer discussed the anatomy of emotion.

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  • Added: Nov 25, 2009
  • Length: 28:14
  • Purchases: 1
Baby Brains -- Groks Science Show 2009-07-01
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Charles Fernyhough discussed what it is like inside a baby's mind.

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  • Added: Jun 30, 2009
  • Length: 26:40
  • Purchases: 2
Why Files -- Groks Science Show 2009-06-24
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
David J. Tenenbaum discussed the why files

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  • Added: Jun 23, 2009
  • Length: 28:13
  • Purchases: 2
Human Biology -- Groks Science Show 2009-06-17
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Hannah Holmes discusses the biology of the well-dressed ape

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  • Added: Jun 16, 2009
  • Length: 30:31
  • Purchases: 1
Carbon Recycling -- Groks Science Show 2009-06-03
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Byron Elton discussed carbon recycling technology.

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  • Added: Jun 02, 2009
  • Length: 25:28
  • Purchases: 1
Eco Barons -- Groks Science Show 2009-05-13
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Edward Humes discussed the new generation of Eco Barons.

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  • Added: May 13, 2009
  • Length: 28:11
  • Purchases: 1
Cold Fusion -- Groks Science Show 2009-05-06
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Michael McKubre and Dr. Irving Dardik discussed the advances in cold fusion research.

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  • Added: May 05, 2009
  • Length: 28:32
  • Purchases: 3
Flotsametrics -- Groks Science Show 2009-04-29
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Curt Ebbesmeyer discussed flotsametrics and the floating world.

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  • Added: May 01, 2009
  • Length: 27:37
  • Purchases: 2
Accelerating Evolution -- Groks Science Show 2009-04-22
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Prof. Gregory Cochran discussed how civilization accelerated human evolution.

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  • Added: Apr 21, 2009
  • Length: 29:55
  • Purchases: 1
Supersense -- Groks Science Show 2009-04-15
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Bruce Hood discussed the origins of superstitious beliefs and why we believe in the unbelievable.

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  • Added: Apr 16, 2009
  • Length: 26:48
  • Purchases: 4
Overdosed America -- Groks Science Show 2009-04-08
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
On this program, Dr. John Abramson discussed Overdosed America.

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  • Added: Apr 16, 2009
  • Length: 31:50
  • Purchases: 2